Media events and cosmopolitan fandom: 'Playful nationalism' in the Eurovision Song Contest

Kyriakidou, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-5961, Skey, Michael, Uldam, Julie and McCurdy, Patrick 2018. Media events and cosmopolitan fandom: 'Playful nationalism' in the Eurovision Song Contest. International Journal of Cultural Studies 21 (6) , pp. 603-618. 10.1177/1367877917720238

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Abstract

Academic literature on media events is increasingly concerned with their global dimensions and the applicability of Dayan and Katz's (1992) theoretical concept in a post-national context. This paper contributes to this debate by exploring the Eurovision Song Contest as a global media event. In particular, we employ a perspective from 'inside the media event', drawing upon empirical material collected during the 2014 Eurovision final in Copenhagen and focusing on the experiences of fans attending the contest. We argue that the ESC as a media event is experienced by its fans as a cosmopolitan space, open and diverse, whereas national belonging is expressed in a playful way tied to the overall visual aesthetics of the contest. However, the bounded and narrow character of participation render this cosmopolitan space rather limited.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1367-8779
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 September 2017
Date of Acceptance:	30 May 2017
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 23:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104391

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